Smyrna times., 1887-11-02
county and State Items

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Good sweet potatoes are worth $500
y barrel in the New York market,
rbo lash was applied to four offend
-! ! Nv Nv sheriff Mcdaniel Saturday morn
ing.
1hont three more weeks and then
a1i5dietown will be able to boast of a
water supply.
The Harrington Enterprise is advo-
o.ting the establishment of a National
Rank at that place.
Henry Waters raised on the farm of
Mrs Vail. near MiddletOwn, an eighty
Eve pound pumpkin.
One of Dover's clerks received a
dozen gingerbreads last week for catch
ing a runaway horse.
Curtis S. Morris, Esq, of Mispillion
hundred, raised this year from 60 to 70
bushels of white corn to the acre.
Conductor Baldwin of the Delaware
railroad is lying dangerously i'll of
nneumonia at his residence in Will
mingtOn,
A Washington correspondent writes
that Secretary Bayard's Washington
bouse will be open this season and the
Misses Bayard will resume their recep-
lion days after New YeVr's.
The hog cholera is spreading in the
community about St. Georges to an
alarming extent More than fifty hogs
in and around this village have sue
cumbed to the fatal disease and quite a
number are still in a semi conscious
condition.
The political millennium must be
near at hand in Delaware. We arrive
at this startling conclusion from the
loving manner in which the Democrat
ic lion and Republican lamb are lying
down together upon the Convention
patform-Sunday Star.
John C. COrbit, of Odessa, was elect
ed president of the New Castle County
National Bank of that town at meet
ing Of the directors on Wednesday, in
place of Charles Tatman, deceased.
Daniel W. CO!h. va elected a direct
or at the same meeting on Wednesday.
The public schools of North Milford
opened on Monday. Prof Ellis, princi-
pal; Miss Jennie Davis, first intermidi-
ate; Miss Annie Beswick, second inter-
midiate; Mrs H. Mckay Titus, prima-
ry. The house is virtually a new one,
repaired at cost of over $4,000, and
heated by steam.
Henry B. Fiddeman died at his
home in Milford on Wednesday morn
ing, aged 81 years. He has been pres.
ident of the First National Bank of
Milford since its organization in 1874.
He leaves large estate and one child
the widow of the late DIR. Mark Lof-
land. He was buried at Milford on
Saturday.
What plumper the Grand Jury of
Kent County gave for Constitutional
Reform when they addressed the Court
in the following language "Such
changes should be made in our Judicial
system as will make it unnecessary for
tWenty-three men good and true to de-
lberate upon the charge of stealing
chicken or committing petty assault"
Sentinel
The crew of a Chester sand boat
were arrested Saturday week by Off
GERS on the beach at Little Bombay
Hook, on complaint of DR.. Henry and
emanuel Stout, and arraigned before
squire Jester, charged with taking
sand from their beach without author.
lty. They paid $50 to the Stouts, and
costs amounting to $68, and were re-
leased Rather costly load of sand.
In the case of Ferris Giles, one ofthe
persons injured in the ruins of the
Diamond State Iron Company finishing
4ill, at Wilmington, which blew down
July 28, 1882, the Delaware Court of
Errors and Appeals last week confirm
ca the verdict in the court below, which
gives Giles 5000 damages. This also
determines the case of VIM. Gossam.
another sI0 dns victim, who got a verdict for
On several occasions Marydell has
been troubled by one Bill" Faulkner
an individual, who after indulging in
the oh-6ejoyful tries to- paint the town
Ieu' firing of such a nuisance, the
S.lzens on Saturday night, when the
terror was in his glory, procured
sOIe GOOD whips and gave him a gem
seei taste OF the cat" Faulkner saws
ne Is going to leave the d-n town
ana go to a civilized place. "-Greens-
borough Free Press.
The Milford Ne1os and Advertiser
says DIR. J. G. Dawson of this town
VINO fairly revels in archaeology and
ttnuImilsmaltics, made a valuable addition
W ~ MS collection a few days ago. Will
IiaI wilkins, while ploughing on the
t"a'sCh iarm one mile east of town.
Su'Heu up an Indian spear head, and
~ investigation found seventy such
~ geauS IN a hole. The doctor secured
s. O io' 0y purchase. They are uni.
'.uty ABOUT six inches long in as good
Ii 1Sage OF preservation as when used to
an uear and bear on the wooded
plai9s of Kent and Sussex. Where
S s.o INDIANS Of Delawase got the stone
%Ou. winch they made their spear and
s, ,'Om heads IS yet a question unan-
VIII LIE STATE FAIR FINANCES. The
M nm Of preparing the list of premi-
niat. S5"arded at the state fair is COM
xiii viii ana the checks have or soon
Sis 9e sent out. The managers of the
From S. aT that, although the receipts
nino al sources will not pay the run
ans S expenses of the late fair. the
- OF money lost is not az large
No vas al trst feared, and there will be
~ financial embarrassment in meet.
~ Re I sne lars obligations. Secreta-
GenernIi "e ~ and President Denney and
reaJa aI superintendent Bailey are al
Yea. Planning for big fair for next
1lnoLa n1 they will be backed by the
ana determination Of the managers
snnor S,lecVOrs to make next years fair
''O' IN every respect to the last.
CE a dBURLEsQUE ON THE " BLUE HEN,sn
FAM : CarncrOss, of negro minstrel
Pb1a'Ils playing to crowded house, in
tennioI phla, burlesque on the CEN
tom 'a' parade, and also of Clevelandis
uIon. IN. Inc parade begins with a ridic.
man, representation Of the fire depart-
Srot ana the American navy. Then
hiIsC oeSqpe person, from whose head
on tb ~ . abundance Of gray locks, comes
and Ioes s'age, bowling low to the right
inc ~ wearing high hat and smil-
The do, ne IS introduced as the lion Of
The S55. benjamin Biggs OF Delaware
the cn nIuse shakes with applause and
curtain goes down.
A FAKE Srv De-.